Senior tight end for Wake Forest. 2025: 21 catches, 228 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 240 lb · Boston, MA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Catch rate: 93rd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
21 catches · 2 TD · 10.9 per catch
Swing playSwung Wake Forest from 44% to 66% to win.Wake Forest at Mississippi State · 43-29
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Wake Forest. 2025: 21 catches, 228 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Eni Falayi
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Don Brown and Jake Dickert. One game to point at: 52 rec yds, 4 receptions against Kennesaw State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: catch rate (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / target (88th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 39.5 | 19.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 17.5 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 38.6 | 17.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #97 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #14 of 22 ACC TEs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 21 | 228 | 10.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 24 | 254 | 10.6 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 13–12
vs SMU
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 52 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ Virginia | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bowl | W 43-29@ Mississippi State | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 21 | 228 | 12.6 | 2 | 42 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Wake Forest
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wake Forest · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #63 · 2026 recruiting class #39
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elijah Mojarro’s 2024 season.
Matches Elijah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Bentley Hanshaw's junior season at Liberty (2024).
Matches Bentley on
Differs from Bentley on